BCC Champ Rd. 9: Martirosov-Times 0-1

The battle for third place produced a very entertaining encounter with interesting material imbalances. While observing the game, I thought White's two Rooks were better than Black's Queen before Vadim lost his remaining pawns. However, Fritz does not agree. In any case, Lawyer did a nice job of showing that he could continue to make progress against his opponents attempts to engineer a perpetual check.

Martirosov,V (2270) - Times,L (2139) [B02]
BCC Championship (9), 11.6.2006

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Ne4 4.Bd3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3 e6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.h4 h6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Qf2 Qa5 12.Qg3 0-0-0 13.Qxg7 Rdg8 14.Qxf7 Rxg2 15.Kf1 Rg3 16.Kf2 Rxf3+ 17.Kxf3 Nxe5+ 18.fxe5 Rf8 19.Qxf8+ Bxf8 20.Rhg1 d4 21.b4 Qd8 22.Bf2 Be7 23.cxd4 Bxh4 24.Bxh4 Qxh4 25.b5 Qxd4 26.Rae1 Kc7 27.Rg4 Qc3 28.Kf2 Kb6 29.a4 Be8 30.Rh4 Qd2+ 31.Re2 Qg5 32.Ree4 h5 33.Rh3 Bg6 34.Rg3 Qd2+ 35.Re2 Qf4+ 36.Rf3 Qh4+ 37.Kf1 Be8 38.Rf6 Ka5 39.Rf8 Qe7 40.Rf6 Bd7 41.Re4 a6 42.Rh4 axb5 43.axb5 Bxb5 44.Bxb5 Kxb5 45.Rxh5 Kc4 46.Rf4+ Kb5 47.c4+ Kb4 48.Kf2 Qd7 49.Rfh4 b5 50.cxb5+ Kxb5 51.Rh8 Qd2+ 52.Kf3 Qc3+ 53.Kf2 Qxe5 54.R8h5 Qb2+ 55.Ke3 Qc3+ 56.Ke2 Kc6 57.Rh8 Qg3 58.Rc8+ Kb5 59.Rch8 c4 60.Rh3 Qe5+ 61.Kd2 Kb4 62.Kc2 Qe2+ 63.Kc1 Qe5 64.Kc2 Qc7 65.R3h7 Qd6 66.Rb7+ Kc5 67.Rh5+ e5 68.Rbh7 Qd3+ 69.Kc1 Qa3+ 70.Kc2 Qa2+ 71.Kc1 c3 72.Rh2 Qa4 73.R7h4 e4 74.Rh8 Kd4 [...and Black won in a time scramble] 0-1

BCC Champ Rd. 8: Rihel-Martirosov 0-1

An unevenly played game for both sides which led to a relatively equal Rook ending. However, Jason again found a way to lose.

Rihel,J (1953) - Martirosov,V (2270) [B30]
BCC Championship (8), 10.30.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.c3 Nge7 5.0-0 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Re1 Nxc2 11.Qxc2 Rc8 12.Qd3 d5 13.e5 Nf5 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.Nf1 Qc7 16.g4 Nh4 17.Nxh4 Bxh4 18.Ne3 h5 19.g5 Bxg5 20.Nf5 Be7 21.Nxe7 Qxe7 22.Qg3 Kd7 23.Bd2 h4 24.Qb3 Rc4 25.Qd3 h3 26.b3 Rcc8 27.Re3 Qh4 28.a4 Bc6 29.Rae1 bxa4 30.bxa4 Bxa4 31.Qxa6 Qg5+ 32.Rg3 Qxd2 33.Qxa4+ Ke7 34.Rd1 Qc2 35.Qa3+ Ke8 36.Ra1 Rh6 37.Rxh3 Rxh3 38.Qxh3 Qg6+ 39.Kf1 Qh6 40.Qg3 Kf8 41.Kg2 Kg8 42.Qd3 Qf4 43.Ra4 Qg4+ 44.Qg3 Qe4+ 45.Qf3 Qxf3+ 46.Kxf3 Rc3+ 47.Kg4 Kh7 48.h4 Rc4 49.Ra7 Rxd4+ 50.f4 Rd1 51.Rxf7 d4 52.f5 Rg1+ 53.Kf3 exf5 54.e6 Rf1+ 55.Ke2 Rf4 56.Kd3 Kg8 57.Rd7 Re4 58.Rd8+ Kh7 59.Rxd4 Rxe6 [...and Black went on to win in a time scramble] 0-1

BCC Champ Rd. 7: Martirosov-Riordan 1-0

This is the game that made it a tournament again. I'm not sure how much of this was theory, but White got into Black's Kingside with his heavy pieces fairly quickly. 20...Qc7 was the losing move though Black was already under significant pressure.

Martirosov,V (2270) - Riordan,C (2330) [B53]
BCC Championship (7), 2006.10.23

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.Rhe1 0-0 11.e5 Bxf3 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Rd3 fxg5 14.Rxf3 d5 15.Rh3 Bf6 16.Qd3 Re8 17.Qxh7+ Kf8 18.Rf3 Rc8 19.Qh6+ Bg7 20.Qg6 Qc7 21.Nb5 Qe7 22.Nd6 Rc7 23.Rxf7+ Qxf7 24.Nxf7 Rxf7 25.Rxe6 Rc8 26.f3 Rfc7 27.Re2 1-0

BCC Champ Rd. 4: Krasik-Martirosov 1/2

Here's the remaining game from Round 4. Since neither player is a GM, I guess we'll call this an "NM draw."

Krasik,I (2202) - Martirosov,V (2270) [B36]
BCC Championship (4), 2006.10.15

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.f3 Qa5 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Nd5 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bd7 ½-½

BCC Champ Rd. 6: Williams-Martirosov 1-0

Chris wins the exchange for a pawn and then plays well to score the point in the ending.

Williams,C (2186) - Martirosov,V (2270) [B33]
BCC Championship (6), 16.09.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 h6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 a6 9.Nc3 Nb8 10.d6 Qb6 11.Bc4 Qxd6 12.Qf3 Qf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Nd5 b5 15.Nc7+ Kd8 16.Nxa8 bxc4 17.Nb6 Bb7 18.Nxc4 Bxg2 19.Rg1 Be4 20.Be3 Bxc2 21.Rc1 Bb4+ 22.Ke2 Bg6 23.Bb6+ Ke7 24.a3 d5 25.Ne3 Bd6 26.Nxd5+ Ke6 27.Nc3 Nd7 28.Be3 f5 29.f3 Rb8 30.Na4 f4 31.Rc6 Rb3 32.Bc5 Nxc5 33.Nxc5+ Kd5 34.Nxb3 Kxc6 35.Rd1 Bc7 36.Rc1+ Kd6 37.Nc5 a5 38.Ne4+ Kd7 39.Nf6+ Kd8 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Bb6 42.Rc6 Bg1 43.b5 Bf5 44.h4 Bd4 45.b6 Bc8 46.Ne4 Ba6+ 47.Ke1 Kd7 48.Rc7+ Kd8 49.Ra7 Bc8 50.Ra8 Bxb6 51.Nd6 Kc7 52.Nxc8 Bc5 53.Ke2 f5 54.Ra5 Kc6 55.Kd3 e4+ 56.fxe4 f3 57.exf5 h5 58.Rxc5+ 1-0